Shift - Omnibus Edition
“Donald ate hungrily while the man checked his arm. The warm soup felt good. It slid to his center and seemed to radiate its heat outward. Donald tore at the bread with his teeth and chased it with the water. He ate with the desperation of so many years of fasting.‘Thank you,’ he said between bites. ‘For the food.’The doctor glanced up from checking his blood pressure. He was an older man, heavyset, with great bushy eyebrows and a fine wisp of hair that clung to his scalp like a cloud to a hillt...op.‘I’m Donald,’ he said, introducing himself.There was a wrinkle of confusion on the old man’s brow. His gray eyes strayed to his clipboard as if either it or his patient couldn’t be trusted. The needle on the gauge jumped with Donald’s pulse.‘Who’re you?’ Donald asked.‘I’m Dr. Sneed,’ he finally said, though without confidence.Donald took a long swig on his water, thankful they’d left it at room temperature. He didn’t want anything cold inside him ever again.MoreLess
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